What ethnic groups have brought the most to the world

[PhineasJWhoopee]

in terms of art, culture, architecture, education, science, etc.

I would have to say Greeks, Italians, and Jews, by a long shot.

 

[Capt Caveman]

And you would be an idiot.

 

[Terzo]

Chinese/Arabs? Western tech lagged behind for quite a while.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

And you would be an idiot.

Discuss.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Chinese/Arabs? Western tech lagged behind for quite a while.

It really ramped up after the Reformation.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Discuss.

Self-evident, no discussion necessary.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Self-evident, no discussion necessary.

Really? What is self-evident?

 

[dud]

This is a loaded question.

It depends upon the person you are asking. Ask an Arab ... it's the Arabs. Ask a Greek ... it's the Greeks (watch "My Big Fat Greek Wedding").

Every culture has an over-inflated view of their importance within the Universe.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

This is a loaded question.

It depends upon the person you are asking. Ask an Arab ... it's the Arabs. Ask a Greek ... it's the Greeks (watch "My Big Fat Greek Wedding").

Every culture has an over-inflated view of their importance within the Universe.

Okay. Try to take a step back and be objective.

 

[dud]

Okay. Try to take a step back and be objective.

I am of European descent ... so my answer would be Germans ... they gave us Hitler and World Wars and the Italians who gave us pizza, pasta and amore ...

 

[iGas]

Chinese/Arabs? Western tech lagged behind for quite a while.

It all depends on the era IMHO, Chinese/Arabs have contributes greatly to our culture, so as Persian, Indian, and Europeans.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

It all depends on the era IMHO, Chinese/Arabs have contributes greatly to our culture, so as Persian, Indian, and Europeans.

Culture is one aspect. Take a more wholistic view. What groups have contributed the most to the world?

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Take the Greeks for example. Here are some things they've contributed: geometry (see Euclid), medicine (see Hippokratis), theatre (see Aesclylus), mathematics (see Thales), astronomy (see Aristarhos), language (all languages are based on Greek - see relative articles for Greek words existing by the thousands in all modern languages), music (see the Pythagorean system of numbers-in-music), democracy (see Pericles).

 

[BoomerD]

I think ALL "ethnic groups" have had their "age of enlightenment," but most "lost" it somewhere along the way...

The Persians had theirs, the Greeks had theirs, hell, even the Incas are supposed to have had knowledge in some areas, far beyond what we know today. Of course, if what they knew didn't jibe with what the Jesuits "knew" it was destroyed as heresy...

 

[SlitheryDee]

Cavemen. They created fire and the wheel.

 

[her209]

Algebra...

 

[nick1985]

Irish.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Irish.

Why do you say that? Other than some good literature, the Irish contribution to the world is quite limited.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I am of European descent ... so my answer would be Germans ... they gave us Hitler and World Wars and the Italians who gave us pizza, pasta and amore ...

The Chinese invented pasta and the Greeks invented pizza.

 

[nick1985]

Why do you say that?

 

[iGas]

Take the Greeks for example. Here are some things they've contributed: geometry (see Euclid), medicine (see Hippokratis), theatre (see Aesclylus), mathematics (see Thales), astronomy (see Aristarhos), language (all languages are based on Greek - see relative articles for Greek words existing by the thousands in all modern languages), music (see the Pythagorean system of numbers-in-music), democracy (see Pericles).

You are must be a Greek.

Asian languages, and Sanskrit base languages aren't Greek root. Persians greatly contributed math & science to our culture, and Chinese contributes gun powder/rockets/calculator/computer and medicine, South America contributes much of our modern medicines and food stock plants.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

So, OP, hows the melting pot wars going?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

we all built upon each other. no one group did everything by themselves. also, schooling in the US emphasizes european importance, so most americans will think european cultures did the most.

 

[her209]

Genghis Khan gave us Divide and Conquer.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

You are must be a Greek.

Asian languages, and Sanskrit base languages aren't Greek root. Persians greatly contributed math & science to our culture, and Chinese contributes gun powder/rockets/calculator/computer and medicine, South America contributes much of our modern medicines and food stock plants.

No, I'm not Greek.

Can I not admire the Greeks without being one?